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CAMP WIDOW

By Laura GREEN, Anna MOOT-LEVIN

Female director - Completed 2025

An immersion into a weekend gathering of “widows” (people of all ages, genders, and sexual orientations), this unexpected re-writing of the story of what it is to be a "widow" is by turns devastating and unexpectedly funny.

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SXSW 2025

Documentary Short Competition

AmDocs 2025

- Year of production
- 2025
- Genres
- Female director, Documentary
- Countries
- USA
- Languages
- ENGLISH-UNITED STATES
- Duration
- 15 mn
- Director(s)
- Laura GREEN, Anna MOOT-LEVIN
- Synopsis
- Camp Widow is a gathering for widowed people by widowed people. Over the course of three days, attendees speak candidly about death, forge connections with others over shared experiences of loss, and find ways to navigate the tricky waters of grief. Founded by Michele Neff Hernandez, who suddenly became a widow at age 35 when her husband died in a bike accident, the camp offers a way to both recognize tremendous loss, while at the same time celebrating continued life. The film follows an ensemble of campers who are weary of platitudes about grief, and speak to one another from a place of radical honesty that is by turns heartbreaking and darkly hilarious, embracing irreverent humor as a cathartic means of self-expression. This documentary shows the transformative power and therapeutic value of human connection, among those who have experienced loss and trauma. Ultimately, the film asks viewers to think about how we can recognize the grief of others, as well as find resilience during loss in our own lives.

CAMP WIDOW

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